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noun
A type of worsted cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
A garment made of this fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, metonymically, uncountable
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noun
A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To overlock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
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noun
a twilled woolen fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.
From Middle English cerge, from Old French ci(e)rge, cerge & chierge.
Across languages
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